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The detective drama is presumably designed to cheer our winter spirits, but I question whether rays as anodyne as these can be that fulfilling

Death in Paradise
BBC One
★★☆☆☆

House of Fools
BBC Two
★★★★☆

Last year, news broke of a gangster film being made entirely as a tax scam.
Last night, with the return of Death in Paradise, we could again
ponder whether the series is indeed a serviceable detective drama or —
here’s where it really excels — a nice little holiday club for its ensemble
cast. Like Equity’s in-house version of Sandals or Club 18-50.

As gigs go, the show’s departing star Ben Miller was on to a good one. As
series three kicked off, it took only seconds (spoiler alert) for